Rare dolphin rescued from water channel and returned to river in north India
- 4 years ago
A rare baby dolphin was rescued from a water channel in rural north India and returned to a nearby river.
The dolphin was discovered on February 10 in a water miner in the village of Saraiya, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
The shallow miner drains water was reportedly connected to the nearby river Ghaghra, where the dolphin is believed to have swam from.
The villagers informed district forest department about the trapped marine mammal, and a rescue effort was organised to return it to the Ghaghra river.
The dolphin, believed to be an endangered South Asian river dolphin, was around five feet long and took two hours for the rescue operation to free it.
The dolphin was discovered on February 10 in a water miner in the village of Saraiya, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
The shallow miner drains water was reportedly connected to the nearby river Ghaghra, where the dolphin is believed to have swam from.
The villagers informed district forest department about the trapped marine mammal, and a rescue effort was organised to return it to the Ghaghra river.
The dolphin, believed to be an endangered South Asian river dolphin, was around five feet long and took two hours for the rescue operation to free it.